TABLE 2.

Acquisition Parameters: Planar

ParameterSpecificationStandard/preferred/optional
Camera typeLarge field of viewStandard
Energy peak140 keVStandard
Energy window20%Standard
CollimatorLow-energy, high-resolutionStandard
Patient positionSupineStandard
Camera positionLungs within field of viewStandard
Inhalation-to-imaging timeAcquisition started on completion of inhalationStandard
Acquisition typeStaticStandard
ViewsAnterior, posterior, right anterior oblique, left anterior oblique, right posterior oblique, left posterior oblique, right lateral, and left lateralStandard
Additional viewsNANA
Matrix256 × 256Standard
Number of views8Standard
Counts/view300,000–500,000 (corresponding perfusion images should acquire 800,000–1,000,000 counts)Standard
Additional images: time per viewNANA
  • NA = not applicable.